The Press: White Christmas

In a Christmastide greeting to Little Rock merchants, an extremist group warned last week of "a massive crusade" against stores that advertise in the Arkansas Gazette (circ. 99,573). Said their mimeographed ultimatum:

"The Gazette has played a leading role in breaking dow?n our segregation laws, and at last bringing upon the people of Little Rock the most insufferable outrage ever visited upon an American city. There is a rising tide of race feeling—in fact, a revolution is beginning in the South. Your store and all stores that advertise in the Arkansas Gazette will be placed on one side or the other. This...

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